Author: Beverly McClenaghan

Something we have all taken for granted the past six weeks was the weather. Thus far on our trip we have had amazing weather…very little rain, lots of sunshine. We had to work in a little drizzle a few times and we had to deal with some wet vegetation but that was the worst of it. So the weather in Darkwoods was a bit of a change for us. Continue reading “Downpours in Darkwoods”→

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Kootenay National Park is a long, thin park with the highway running down the middle through a large valley and with mountains rising up on either side. The valley is made up of coniferous forest and it is very susceptible to forest fires. Following the highway up through the park, you pass through an old, forested area and then suddenly you pass into a huge burnt area full of dead trees from the highway right up to the treeline on the mountains on both sides. Continue reading “Heating up the Hot Springs”→

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Hello again! We are back in British Columbia at Kinaskan Lake Provincial Park. It’s been quite a change from Kluane to Kinaskan, from a huge mountainous park to a small, quiet park on the lake. Continue reading “Make it or Lake it”→

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Hello again! After taking down all our traps in Burnt Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve, we packed up and drove for two days up to Kluane National Park and Reserve. While the drive was long there was plenty of scenery to see along the way. While driving North on the Stewart-Cassiar highway, we passed through a region of forest where two wildfires had recently occurred, in 2010 and 2011. Continue reading “Bark Beetles and Wildfires”→

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9 months agoby BIObus_CanadaIt’s time to pack up the Curculionids! Next week two of our team members will be heading to the Smithsonian to return over 1000 beetle specimens that have been barcoded! They will be bringing back over 1000 more including Dragonflies (Odonata), Nerve -winged insects (Neuroptera) and Wasps (Hymenoptera)!

8 months agoby BIObus_CanadaIt's #fascinatingfamilyfriday ! This week we are highlighting the #Ectobiidae , the largest family within the Cockroaches (Blattodea). This family contains some of the commonly found pest species, such as the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, and several notable species of wood cockroaches. This family contains a group of beetle-mimic cockroaches in the genus #Prosoplecta and #Areoloaria , which is are of the most specialized groups of cockroaches. The Prosoplecta species in this photo is a lady beetle ( #Coccinellidae ) mimic.Some of the other species in the genus are mimics of Jewel beetles ( #Buprestidae ). Image Source: goo.gl/etCnH6